Friday, May 29, 2015

Holy Missionaries MARDARIJE (Uskokovic) and SEBASTIAN (Dabovich) Newly Proclaimed as Saints of the Orthodox Church!!! On May 29, 2015, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchate of Serbia glorified them as saints.

Their names were added to the Orthodox Calendar for commemoration and the Holy Synod decreed that Saint Mardarije of Libertyville should be commemorated on December 12, and Venerable Sebastian of Jackson on November 30.

As always, Met. Hilarion was exceedingly direct in his address to the Catholic hierarchs assembled to discuss the Church and the family. It ...

"The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide."